The following are the association football events of the year 2012 throughout the world.
Events
Men
Senior
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Men's Football Tournament at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London,
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* January 21 – February 12:
2012 African Cup of Nations
The 2012 Africa Cup of Nations, also known as the Orange Africa Cup of Nations for sponsorship reasons, was the 28th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the football championship of Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football ( ...
in and
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* March 8 – March 19:
2012 AFC Challenge Cup
The 2012 AFC Challenge Cup was the fourth edition of the tournament, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the defunct Vision Asia progra ...
in
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* June 1 – June 3:
2012 Baltic Cup
The 2012 Baltic Cup was a football competition which was held on 1–3 June 2012 in Estonia.
Format
For the first time, Finland took part in the competition. As a result of this, the round-robin format was changed to knock-out tournament, as ...
in
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* June 3 – June 11:
2012 OFC Nations Cup
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in
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* June 8 – July 1:
UEFA Euro 2012
The 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament, held between 8 June and 1 ...
in and
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*22 June – 6 July 2012:
2012 Arab Nations Cup in
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* September 25 – September 29:
2012 Philippine Peace Cup in the
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* September 22 – October 2:
2012 Nehru Cup
The 2012 Nehru Cup was the 15th edition of the Nehru Cup and 3rd Nehru Cup since it was revived in 2007. It was held from 22 August to 2 September. The tournament was hosted in New Delhi, India. A total of 5 teams participated in the tournament ...
in
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** 4th
*November 24 – December 8:
2012 CECAFA Cup in
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* November 24 – December 22:
2012 AFF Suzuki Cup
The 2012 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the 2012 AFF Suzuki Cup, was the 9th edition of the AFF Championship, the football championship of Southeast Asia. It was co-hosted for group stage by Malaysia and Thailand a ...
in and
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*December 7 – December 16:
2012 Caribbean Cup in
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*December 8 – December 20:
2012 West Asian Football Federation Championship in
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Youth
*3 July – 15 July:
2012 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship
The 2012 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 61st edition of UEFA's European Under-19 Championship (the eleventh since the age competition change to an Under-19 level) and took place in Estonia from 3 to 15 July. Spain are the title hol ...
in
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*22 September – 6 October:
2012 AFC U-16 Championship in
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*3 November – 17 November:
2012 AFC U-19 Championship in the
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Women
*
Women's Tournament
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at the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
in London,
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* 20 January – 5 February:
2012 South American Under-20 Women's Football Championship in
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* 29 February – 7 March:
2012 Algarve Cup in
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* August 18 – September 9 —
2012 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in
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* September 22 – October 13 —
2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup
The 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the third edition of the women's football tournament, and was held in Azerbaijan from 22 September to 13 October, following a decision by the executive committee on 19 March 2010. Defending champions Sou ...
in
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News
* In 2012,
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...
in the United States and Canada added its 19th team, confirmed in 2010 as the
Montreal Impact.
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CONCACAF
The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...
changes the format of its club continental cup in the
2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League, taking out the preliminary round and putting the 24 teams in 8 groups of 3 teams each.
* January 30 –
Women's Professional Soccer
Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) was the top-level professional women's soccer league in the United States. It began play on March 29, 2009. The league was composed of seven teams for its first two seasons and fielded six teams for the 2011 sea ...
in the U.S. announced that it would cancel its 2012 season, with hopes of returning in 2013. The cancellation was the latest fallout from conflict with team owner
Dan Borislow
Daniel Marc Borislow (September 21, 1961 – July 21, 2014) was an American entrepreneur, sports team owner, inventor, and thoroughbred horse breeder. Borislow was born and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and attended Widener Universi ...
that consumed much of the
2011 season and extended into the offseason.
* May 18 – Women's Professional Soccer folded.
* November 21 – The
United States Soccer Federation
The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), commonly referred to as U.S. Soccer, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States. Headquartered in Chicago, the federation is ...
(U.S. Soccer) announced that it would launch a new women's professional league in 2013. The league, as yet unnamed, will have eight teams at launch, four of which have ties to former WPS teams.
U.S. Soccer, the
Canadian Soccer Association
The Canadian Soccer Association (Canada Soccer) is the governing body of soccer in Canada. It is a national organization that oversees the Canadian men's and women's national teams for international play, as well as the respective junior sides ( ...
, and the
Mexican Football Federation
The Mexican Football Federation (; abbreviated as Femexfut or FMF) is the governing body of association football in Mexico. It adm the Mexico national team, the Liga MX and all affiliated amateur sectors, and controls promoting, organizing, direc ...
will pay the league salaries for many of their respective national team players, and U.S. Soccer will also house the league offices.
[
* December 9 – After scoring twice in a ]La Liga
The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men's ...
match against Real Betis
Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vill ...
, Lionel Messi
Lionel Andrés Messi (; born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the ...
establishes the new world record for most goals scored in a single calendar year
Generally speaking, a calendar year begins on the New Year's Day of the given calendar system and ends on the day before the following New Year's Day, and thus consists of a whole number of days. A year can also be measured by starting on any o ...
, with 91 – surpassing Gerd Müller
Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (; 3 November 1945 – 15 August 2021) was a German professional footballer. A striker renowned for his clinical finishing, especially in and around the six-yard box, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalsco ...
's 85 in 1972
Within the context of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) it was the longest year ever, as two leap seconds were added during this 366-day year, an event which has not since been repeated. (If its start and end are defined using Solar time, me ...
.National Women's Soccer League
The National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) is a professional women's soccer league at the top of the United States league system. It is owned by the teams and, until 2020, was under a management contract with the United States Soccer Federatio ...
.
2011–12 Egyptian Premier League
The 2011–2012 season, the league increased from 16 to 19 teams due to no relegation in the 2010–11 season as a result of the 2011 Egyptian revolution
The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...
. Three teams were promoted from the second division
In sport, the Second Division, also called Division 2 or Division II is usually the second highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below. Following the rise of Premier League style compet ...
.
Following the Port Said Stadium disaster
On 1 February 2012, a massive riot occurred at Port Said Stadium in Port Said, Egypt, following an 2011–12 Egyptian Premier League, Egyptian Premier League Association football, football match between Al Masry SC, Masry and Al Ahly SC, Ahly. S ...
on 1 February 2012, the season was suspended. At that time, teams had played between 14 and 17 games out of 30. Haras El-Hodood was in first place with a 12–1–1 record. This result was considered a significant surprise by '' Al Ahram''.
Fixed dates for national team matches
Scheduled international matches per their International Match Calendar. Also known as FIFA International Day/Date(s).
*29 February
*22 August
*8-12 September
*13-17 October
*14 November
Continental champions
Men
Women
Domestic Champions
AFC nations
UEFA nations
CAF nations
CONCACAF nations
CONMEBOL nations
OFC nations
Deaths
January
* January 1 - Gary Ablett, English footballer (born 1965)
* January 2 - Ioan Drăgan, Romanian footballer (born 1965)
* January 2 - Paulo Rodrigues da Silva, Brazilian footballer (born 1986)
* January 3 - Juan Escudero, Spanish footballer (born 1920)
* January 3 - Willi Entenmann
Willi Entenmann (25 September 1943 – 3 January 2012) was a German football coach and player.
Entenmann was born in Benningen am Neckar. As a coach in the Bundesliga, his highest finish was fifth place in 1986. He died, aged 68, in Garmisch- ...
, German footballer (born 1943)
* January 6 - Harry Fearnley, English footballer (born 1923)
* January 8 - Graham Rathbone, Welsh footballer (born 1942)
* January 9 - Bill Dickie, Scottish footballer administrator (born 1929)
* January 10 - Cliff Portwood, English footballer (born 1937)
* January 10 – Alfred Pyka
Alfred Pyka (28 June 1934 – 10 January 2012) was a German international footballer who played for Westfalia Herne, TSV 1860 München and Schalke 04
Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as FC Schalke 04 (), Schalke 04 ...
, German international footballer (born 1934)
* January 13 - Lefter Küçükandonyadis
, ''Lefteris Antoniadis''; 22 December 1925 – 13 January 2012) was a Turkish professional footballer of Greek descent, who played as a forward. He is often recognized as one of the greatest strikers to play for Fenerbahçe and Turkey. Having won ...
, Turkish Olympic footballer (born 1925)
* January 14 - Zelemkhan Zangiyev, Russian footballer (born 1974)
* January 16 - Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos I (;,
* ca, Joan Carles I,
* gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...
, Spanish footballer (born 1945)
* January 20 - Walter Whitehurst
Walter Whitehurst (7 June 1934 – 20 January 2012) was an English footballer. His regular position was at wing half. He was born in Manchester
Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2 ...
, English footballer (born 1934)
* January 21 - Ernie Gregory, English footballer (born 1921)
* January 21 - Jeffrey Ntuka, South African footballer (born 1985)
* January 24 - Pierre Sinibaldi, French footballer (born 1924)
* January 27 - Juan Sarrachini, Argentine footballer (born 1946)
* January 31 - Stefano Angeleri
Stefano Angeleri (26 August 1926 – 31 January 2012) was an Italian football
Football ( it, calcio ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team is considered to be one of the best national teams in the world. They ...
, Italian footballer (born 1926)
* January 31 - Sid Ottewell, English footballer (born 1919)
February
* February 1 – Ladislav Kuna
Ladislav Kuna (3 April 1947 – 1 February 2012) was a Slovak football player and manager, who played as a central midfielder.
He played 424 matches and scored 86 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, all for Spartak Trnava. His number of appe ...
, Slovak football player and manager (born 1947).
* February 4 - Pongphan Wongsuwan
Pongphan Wongsuwan (10 January 1951 - 4 February 2012) nicknamed Kok, was a manager of Thailand Premier League side TOT FC. He led the side to the Thailand Division 1 League title in 2003 and the Thailand Provincial League title in 2006. In th ...
, Thai football manager (born 1951)
* February 6 - Juan Vicente Lezcano
Juan Vicente Lezcano López (5 April 1937 – 6 February 2012); was a Paraguayan football defender.
Career
Lezcano was born in the neighbourhood of Santísima Trinidad in Asunción, Paraguay, and started his career at Olimpia of Asunción i ...
, Paraguayan football defender (born 1937)
* February 8 - Enrique Moreno Bellver, Spanish footballer (born 1963)
* February 12 - Malcolm Devitt, English footballer (born 1937)
* February 13 - Eamonn Deacy, Irish footballer (born 1958)
* February 13 - Sansón, Spanish footballer (born 1924)
* February 14 - Tom McAnearney, Scottish footballer (born 1933)
* February 14 - Alfredo Vega, Paraguayan footballer (born 1935)
* February 16 - John Ritchie, English footballer (born 1944)
* February 17 - Jordan da Costa, Brazilian footballer (born 1932)
* February 18 - Zvezdan Čebinac
Zvezdan Čebinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Звeздaн Чeбинaц; 8 December 1939, Belgrade – 18 February 2012, Aarau) was a Serbian football midfielder and manager. He played 20 times for SFR Yugoslavia national football team, SFR Yugoslavia. He h ...
, Serbian footballer (born 1939)
* February 22 - Thabang Lebese, South African footballer (born 1973)
* February 23 - Peter King, English footballer (born 1964)
* February 26 - Árpád Fekete, Hungarian footballer (born 1921)
* February 27 - Armand Penverne
Armand Penverne (26 November 1926 – 27 February 2012) was a French football defender and coach. He played the majority of his professional career for Stade de Reims winning four French championships and appearing in one European Cup final. ...
, French footballer (born 1926)
* February 28 - Jaime Graça, Portuguese footballer (born 1942)
* February 29 - Karl Kodat, Austrian footballer (born 1943)
March
* March 1 - Henryk Bałuszyński, Polish footballer (born 1972)
* March 1 - Altamir Heitor Martins, Brazilian footballer (born 1980)
* March 2 - Gerry Bridgwood
Gerald "Gerry" Bridgwood (17 October 1944 – 2 March 2012) was a association football, footballer who played in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town F.C., Shrewsbury Town and Stoke City F.C., Stoke City. Bridgwood spent eight years at S ...
, English footballer (born 1944)
* March 6 - Marcos Alonso Imaz
Marcos Alonso Imaz (16 April 1933 – 6 March 2012), nicknamed Marquitos, was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender. He was best known for his participation in Real Madrid's five European Cup conquests, mainly in the 1950s.
Club ca ...
, Spanish footballer (born 1933)
* March 7 - Marcel Mouchel, French footballer (born 1927)
* March 7 - Włodzimierz Smolarek
Włodzimierz Wojciech Smolarek (16 July 1957 – 7 March 2012) was a Polish footballer who played as a winger or an attacking midfielder.
He played most of his 20-year professional career with Widzew Łódź and Utrecht, appearing in more than ...
, Polish footballer (born 1957)
* March 7 - Ramaz Urushadze, Georgian footballer (born 1939)
* March 8 - Jens Petersen, Danish footballer (born 1941)
* March 9 - Brian Bromley, English footballer (born 1946)
* March 12 - Timo Konietzka, German footballer ''(first Bundesliga goal)'' (born 1938)
* March 13 - Amusa Shittu, Nigerian footballer (born 1937)
* March 14 - Ray Barlow, English footballer (born 1926)
* March 16 - Estanislau Basora
Estanislau Basora Brunet (also Estanislao; 18 November 1926 – 16 March 2012) was a Spanish footballer who played as a winger or striker.
Most of his 15-year career was spent at FC Barcelona for which he appeared in more than 300 official ga ...
, Spanish footballer (born 1926)
* March 19 - Karl-Heinz Spickenagel, German footballer (born 1932)
* March 23 - Péter Pázmándy
Péter Pázmándy (7 June 1938 – 23 March 2012) was a Hungarian football player and coach, active primarily in Switzerland.
Career
Pázmándy, a defender, played for Swiss club Servette
Servette is a district of the city of Geneva, Switz ...
, Hungarian footballer (born 1938)
* March 28 - Brian Philips, English footballer (born 1931)
* March 30 - Kees Guyt, Dutch footballer (born 1953)
* March 30 - Francesco Mancini, Italian footballer (born 1968)
April
* April 1 – Giorgio Chinaglia
Giorgio Chinaglia (; 24 January 1947 – 1 April 2012) was an Italian footballer who played as a striker. He grew up and played his early football in Cardiff, Wales, and began his career with Swansea Town in 1964. He later returned to Italy to ...
, Italian football player and manager (born 1947).
* April 3 - Airton Pavilhão, Brazilian footballer (born 1934)
* April 3 - José María Zárraga
José María Zárraga Martín (15 August 1930 – 3 April 2012) was a Spanish professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Born in Las Arenas, Biscay, Zárraga signed for Real Madrid in 1949, spending the following two seas ...
, Spanish footballer (born 1930)
* April 4 - Dubravko Pavličić
Dubravko Pavličić (28 November 1967 – 4 April 2012) was a Croatian footballer who played as a central defender.
Club career
Born in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Pavličić started playing p ...
, Croatian footballer (born 1967)
* April 5 - Jimmy Lawlor, Irish footballer (born 1933)
* April 6 - Larry Canning, English footballer (born 1925)
* April 6 - Dermot Hannafin (Snr), Gaelic footballer
* April 8 - John Egan, Gaelic footballer (born 1952)
* April 10 - Erdoğan Arıca
Erdoğan Arıca (24 July 1954 – 10 April 2012) was a UEFA Pro Licensed Turkish football manager and coach. As a footballer, he played defender. He was also the brother of the singer Soner Arıca and the nephew of Kadir İnanır.
Career
Arıc ...
, Turkish footballer (born 1954)
* April 12 - Kellon Baptiste, Grenadian footballer (born 1973)
* April 12 - Manfred Orzessek, German footballer (born 1933)
* April 14 - Lee Kyung-hwan, South Korean footballer (born 1988)
* April 14 - Eddie May
Edwin Charles May (19 May 1943 – 14 April 2012) was an English football player and manager. May was born in Epping, and played for Dagenham, Southend United, Wrexham and Swansea City.
The burly, affable May loomed large in the modern hist ...
, English footballer (born 1943)
* April 14 – Piermario Morosini
Piermario Morosini (5 July 1986 – 14 April 2012) was an Italian professional footballer who played as a midfielder. On 14 April 2012, during a match between Pescara and Livorno, Morosini suffered a fatal cardiac arrest on the pitch.
Early lif ...
, Italian football player (born 1986).
* April 15 - Samir Said
Samir Said (5 November 1963 – 15 April 2012) was a professional Kuwaiti football goalkeeper who played for Kuwait in the 1984 Asian Cup.
Death
On April 15, 2012 he died in a car accident.
Honours
*Asian Cup:
:Third Place : 1984
...
, Kuwaiti footballer (born 1963)
* April 18 - Arthur Bottom
Arthur Edwin Bottom (28 February 1930 – 18 April 2012) was an English footballer of the 1950s and 1960s. He played as a centre forward, and had a tremendously high goals to game ratio during his career, playing at several clubs; most notably Y ...
, English footballer (born 1930)
* April 20 - Alfie Biggs
Alfred George 'Alfie' Biggs (8 February 1936 – 20 April 2012) was an English professional footballer, who spent the vast majority of his career at Bristol Rovers.
Biggs grew up as one of eight children in the Knowle West area of Bristol whe ...
, English footballer (born 1936)
* April 21 - Brian Heward
Brian Heward (17 July 1935 – 21 April 2012) was an English professional footballer who made 234 appearances in the Football League playing for Scunthorpe United and Lincoln City. He played as a centre half.
Life and career
Heward was born i ...
, English footballer (born 1935)
* April 28 - Dudley Peake, Welsh footballer (born 1934)
* April 30 - Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (born 1958)
June
* June 21 – Ramaz Shengelia
Ramaz Shengelia ( ka, რამაზ შენგელია; 1 January 1957 – 21 June 2012) was a Georgian and Soviet football player.
Club career
Born in Kutaisi, Shengelia started career in his hometown club Torpedo Kutaisi in 1968. He spe ...
, Soviet Georgian player, played in the 1982 FIFA World Cup
The 1982 FIFA World Cup was the 12th FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial Association football, football tournament for men's senior national teams, and was played in Spain between 13 June and 11 July 1982. The tournament was won by Italy national foo ...
(born 1957).
July
* July 19 – Hans Nowak, German footballer (born 1937).
* July 31 – Alfredo Ramos, Brazilian defender, squad member of Brazil at the 1954 FIFA World Cup
The 1954 FIFA World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football tournament for senior men's national teams of the nations affiliated to FIFA. It was held in Switzerland from 16 June to 4 July. Switzerla ...
. (87)
August
* August 1 - Aldo Maldera
Aldo Maldera (; 14 October 1953 – 1 August 2012) was an Italian footballer who played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the left flank. A left-footed player, Maldera was a modern full-back who possessed an accurate and powerful shot, ...
, Italian footballer (58)
* August 2 - Bernd Meier, German footballer (40)
* August 6 - Boris Razinsky
Boris Davidovich Razinsky (russian: Борис Давидович Разинский; 12 July 1933 — 6 August 2012) was a Soviet Russian Olympic champion football player and manager.
Personal life
Razinsky was born in Lyubertsy, Russia, a ...
, Russian footballer (79)
* August 6 - Godfried van den Boer, Belgian footballer (78)
* August 8 - Surya Lesmana, Indonesian footballer (68)
* August 9 - Erol Togay
Erol Togay (1 February 1950 – 9 August 2012) was a Turkish football player and manager. He played as a defender for Fenerbahçe, Vefa (1968–1972), Altay (1972–1978) and Adana Demirspor (1981–1984) and the Turkey national team.
Career
...
, Turkish footballer (62)
* August 12 - Jackie Watters, Scottish footballer
* August 15 - Elson Iazegi Beyruth
Elson Iazegi Beyruth (20 October 1941 - 15 August 2012) was a Brazilian footballer.
He played for clubs in Brazil and Chile.
TeamsMagazines Estadio y Gol y Gol (Chile)
* Flamengo 1959-1961
* Corinthians 1961-1962
* Flamengo 1963-1964
* Colo-C ...
, Brazilian footballer (70)
* August 17 - Panos Markovic
Panos Markovits (alternate spelling Panos Markovic) ( el, Πάνος Μάρκοβιτς; 5 May 1925 – 17 August 2012) was a Greek football coach and player.
Career
He was born in Drama, Macedonia (Greece) in 1925, but grew up in Thessalon ...
, Greek footballer (87)
* August 20 - Len Quested
Wilfred Leonard "Len" Quested (9 January 1925 – 20 August 2012) was an English footballer. Quested played one match for England B as well as being selected as a travelling reserve for a Full International for England. He played two unofficial ...
, English footballer (87)
* August 22 - Houcine Anafal, Moroccan footballer (59)
* August 24 - Krum Yanev
Krum Ivanov Yanev ( bg, Крум Иванов Янев) (9 January 1929 – 24 August 2012) was a Bulgarian footballer who played at both professional and international levels, as a forward.
Career
Yanev started his career with Spartak Plovdiv ...
, Bulgarian footballer (83)
* August 24 – Félix Miélli Venerando, Brazilian goalkeeper, winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup
The 1970 FIFA World Cup was the ninth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football championship for List of men's national association football teams, men's senior national teams. Held from 31 May t ...
. (74)
* August 25 - Florencio Amarilla
Florencio Amarilla Lacasa (3 January 1935 – 25 August 2012) was a Paraguayan footballer, coach and later actor. He played as a striker.
Amarilla was born in Bogado, Paraguay. He started his career in with Club Nacional in Paraguay before bei ...
, Paraguayan footballer (77)
* August 25 - Emilio Pacione, Scottish footballer
* August 26 - Alan Steen, English footballer (90)
* August 27 - Antoine Redin, French footballer (77)
* August 27 - Ivica Horvat
Ivan "Ivica" Horvat (16 July 1926 – 27 August 2012) was a Croatian professional football player and manager who capped for Yugoslavia. In 2004 he received the Croatian Olympic Committee's Matija Ljubek Award.
Playing career Club
Horvat played ...
, Croatian footballer (86)
September
* September 4 - Milan Vukelić, Serbian footballer (born 1936)
* September 5 - Ediz Bahtiyaroğlu, Turkish footballer (born 1986)
* September 6 - Oscar Rossi, Argentine footballer (born 1930)
* September 7 - Abdul Ghafoor ʻAbd al-Ghaffār (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد الغفار) is a male Muslim given name, and, in modern usage, surname, built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' and '' al-Ghaffār'', one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to th ...
, Pakistani footballer (born 1938)
* September 8 - Adolf Bechtold, German footballer (born 1926)
* September 9 - Ron Tindall, English footballer (born 1935)
* September 11 - Rolf Bjørn Backe, Norwegian footballer (born 1934)
* September 11 - Sergio Livingstone
Serjio Robert Livingstone Pohlhammer (26 March 1920 – 11 September 2012), later simply known as Sergio Livingstone, was a Chilean goalkeeper, who later became a well-regarded journalist. He was nicknamed "El Sapo" ("the toad") for his typica ...
, Chilean footballer (born 1920)
* September 12 - Jimmy Andrews, Scottish footballer (born 1927)
* September 14 - Frank Dudley, English footballer (born 1925)
* September 15 - Predrag Brzaković, Serbian footballer (born 1964)
* September 15 - Jean-Louis Heinrich, French footballer (born 1943)
* September 17 - Bafo Biyela
Bafo Biyela (11 January 1981 – 17 September 2012) was a South African association football midfielder
A midfielder is an outfield position in association football.
Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up at ...
, South African footballer (born 1981)
* September 18 - Jorge Manicera
Jorge Carlos Manicera Fuentes (4 November 1938 – 18 September 2012) was a Uruguayan football defender.
Manicera made 22 appearances for the Uruguay national football team from 1962 to 1967, and played in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
He died on ...
, Uruguayan footballer (born 1938)
* September 18 - Olinto Sampaio Rubini
Olinto Sampaio Rubini commonly known as Rubini (1934 – 18 September 2012) was a professional footballer who played in the Campeonato Paulista and Mexican Primera División.
Career
Born in Porto Feliz, Rubini played as a center forward. ...
, Mexican footballer (born 1934)
* September 19 - Rino Ferrario
Rino Ferrario (; 7 December 1926 – 19 September 2012) was an Italian footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
As a defensive midfielder, Ferrario became a starter at Juventus, winning the position from Carlo Parola. At Juventus, he wo ...
, Italian footballer (born 1926)
* September 20 - Michel Pech, French footballer (born 1946)
* September 21 - Len Weare, Welsh footballer (born 1934)
* September 25 - John Bond, English footballer (born 1932)
* September 26 - Pape Alioune Diop, Senegalese footballer
* September 28 - Juan Baena, Spanish footballer (born 1950)
October
* October 1 - Abdelkader Fréha
Abdelkader Benfréha ( ar, عبد القادر فريحة; 28 October 1942 – 1 October 2012), known more commonly as Abdelkader Fréha, was an Algerian footballer who played nine times for the Algerian national team. He was nicknamed Béka or ...
, Algerian international footballer (born 1942)
* October 3 - Jean-Louis Lagadec, French footballer (born 1933)
* October 3 - Albie Roles, English footballer (born 1921)
* October 4 - Rudolf Oslansky, Austrian footballer (born 1931)
* October 7 - Georges Casolari, French footballer (born 1941)
* October 8 - Rafael Lesmes
Rafael Lesmes Bobed (9 November 1926 – 8 October 2012) was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender.
Club career
Lesmes was born in Ceuta. Over 12 La Liga seasons, he played for Real Valladolid (two spells) and Real Madrid, appearing in ...
, Spanish footballer (born 1926)
* October 11 – Helmut Haller
Helmut Haller (; 21 July 1939 – 11 October 2012) was a German footballer who played as a forward. At international level, he represented West Germany at three World Cups. At club level, he played in both Germany and Italy, and won Italian le ...
, German international footballer (born 1939).
* October 12 - Henry Moyo, Malawian footballer (born 1946)
* October 13 - Jim Rollo, Scottish footballer (born 1937)
* October 15 - Vladimir Čonč
Vladimir Čonč (13 January 1928 – 15 October 2012) was a Croatian footballer.
Club career
He played for several clubs from Zagreb, including Građanski, NK Poštar and Lokomotiva, but is best remembered for his eight-year spell with Dina ...
, Croatian footballer (born 1928)
* October 15 - Trevor Kemp, Scottish footballer
* October 15 - Alberto Reif
Alberto Reif (October 14, 1946 – October 15, 2012) was an Italian professional football player. He was born in Spinea.
Honours
* Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional leagu ...
, Italian footballer (born 1946)
* October 17 - Milija Aleksic
Milija Anthony Aleksic (14 April 1951 – 17 October 2012) was an English football goalkeeper who made 138 league appearances in the Football League.
Released by Port Vale in 1969, he played for Eastwood before lifting the FA Trophy with S ...
, English footballer (born 1951)
* October 17 - Bandya Kakade, Indian footballer
* October 17 - Pépito Pavon, Serbian footballer (born 1941)
* October 19 - Raúl Valencia, Spanish footballer (born 1976)
* October 19 - Jaouad Akaddar, Moroccan footballer (born 1984)
* October 23 - Philippe Di Santo, Belgian footballer (born 1950)
* October 23 - Hughie Hay, Scottish footballer
* October 23 - Jozef Mannaerts, Belgian footballer (born 1923)
* October 24 - Peter Wright, English footballer (born 1934)
* October 25 - John Connely, English footballer (born 1938)
* October 30 - Georges Van Straelen, French footballer (born 1956)
November
* November 1 - Jan Louwers
Jan Louwers (3 July 1930 – 1 November 2012) was a Dutch professional footballer and millionaire businessman.
Career
Louwers played football for FC Eindhoven, PSV and Roda JC. The Jan Louwers Stadion
Jan Louwers Stadion () is a multi-use sta ...
, Dutch footballer (82)
* November 4 - Reg Pickett, English footballer (85)
* November 5 - Keih Ripley, English footballer (77)
* November 5 - Jimmy Stephen, Scottish footballer (90)
* November 6 - Ivor Powell
Ivor Verdun Powell, MBE (5 July 1916 – 6 November 2012) was a Welsh football player and manager. He won eight caps for Wales.
A wing half, he began his professional career with Queens Park Rangers in September 1937. His career was inte ...
, Welsh footballer (96)
* November 6 - Bohdan Tsap, Ukrainian footballer (71)
* November 7 - Heinz-Jürgen Blome, German footballer (65)
* November 8 - Bobby Gilfillan, Scottish footballer (74)
* November 10 - Eric Day, English footballer (91)
* November 12 - Arthur Bialas
Arthur Bialas (21 November 1930 – 12 November 2012) was a German footballer.
He scored 79 goals in the East German top division for SC Empor Rostock.
Arthur Bialas won his only cap in a World Cup qualifier against Hungary
Hun ...
, German footballer (81)
* November 12 - Harry McShane, Scottish footballer (92)
* November 14 - Alexandro Alves do Nascimento
Alexandro Alves do Nascimento (30 December 1974 – 14 November 2012) was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a striker. He played in Brazil for Vitória, Palmeiras, Juventude (RS), Portuguesa (SP), Cruzeiro, Atlético Mineir ...
, Brazilian footballer (37)
* November 14 - Paddy Meegan
Patrick Meegan (1922 – 14 November 2012) was an Irish Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-forward at senior level for the Meath county team.
Meegan made his first appearance for the team during the 1942 championship and was a ...
, Irish Gaelic footballer (90)
* November 15 - Théophile Abega, Cameroonian footballer (58)
* November 17 - Henryk Grzybowski, Polish footballer (78)
* November 18 - Kenny Morgans, Welsh footballer (73)
* November 20 – Mike Ryan (soccer coach), Mike Ryan, Irish-born American coach, first head coach of the United States women's national soccer team, United States women's national team. (77)
* November 20 - Gary Ingham, English footballer (48)
* November 21 - Wang Houjun, Chinese footballer (69)
* November 22 - Mario Murillo (footballer), Mario Murillo, Costa Rican footballer (85)
* November 22 - Raimund Krauth, German footballer (59)
* November 23 - Alfonso Montemayor, Mexican footballer defender (90)
* November 23 - Goffredo Stabellini, Italian footballer (87)
* November 25 - Bert Linnecor, English footballer (78)
* November 25 - Dave Sexton, English football manager (82)
* November 27 - Herbert Oberhofer, Austrian footballer (57)
* November 27 - Pascal Kalemba, Congolese footballer (33)
* November 27 - Lennart Samuelsson, Swedish footballer (88)
* November 28 - Cosimo Nocera, Italian footballer (74)
* November 28 – José Maria Fidélis dos Santos, Brazilian defender, squad member of Brazil at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. (68)
* November 30 - Mario Ardizzon, Italian footballer (74)
December
* December 1: Mitchell Cole, English footballer (born 1985).
* December 1: Steve Fox (footballer), Steve Fox, English footballer (born 1958).
* December 1: Phil Taylor (footballer, born 1917), Phil Taylor, English footballer (born 1917).
* December 2: Azumir Veríssimo, Brazilian footballer (born 1935).
* December 3: Tommy Berggren, Swedish footballer (born 1950).
* December 3: Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (born 1980).
* December 4: Miguel Calero, Colombian goalkeeper (born 1971).
* December 5: Doug Smith (footballer, born 1937), Doug Smith, Scottish footballer (born 1937).
* December 7: Denis Houf, Belgian footballer (born 1932).
* December 13: Ian Black (footballer, born 1924), Ian Black, Scottish footballer (born 1924).
* December 13: T. Shanmugham, Indian footballer (born 1920).
* December 16: Adam Ndlovu, Zimbabwean footballer (born 1970).
* December 16: Jim Patterson (Scottish footballer), Jim Patterson, Scottish footballer.
* December 17: Charlie Adam (footballer, born 1962), Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer (born 1962).
* December 18: George Showell, English footballer (born 1934).
* December 20: Stan Charlton, English footballer (born 1929).
* December 20: Dennis Stevens, English footballer (born 1933).
* December 21: George Hazlett, Scottish footballer (born 1923)
* December 22: Wattie Dick, Scottish footballer (born 1927).
* December 23: Cristian Tudor, Romanian footballer (born 1982).
* December 27: Ken Jones (footballer, born 1944), Ken Jones, English footballer (born 1944).
* December 28: Václav Drobný, Czech footballer (born 1980).
* December 29: Salvador Reyes Monteón, Salvador Reyes, Mexican forward (born 1936).
References
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